There are many obvious reasons why people like Mac OS X, but when I switched to Apple I was really charmed by the not so obvious features. So when Apple announced Mac OS X Leopard last WWDC many people were excited by the obvious new features like Time Machine and Spaces. I however am again more excited with the not so obvious features. Let me share with you two of the major things I look forward to.

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I had a quick look at the Apple TV just before I went to The Netherlands for a short holiday. Set aside the big selling points of the Apple TV (Music, Series, Movies) there are two major features that I have to note.

1. The interface (above) looks a lot like Front Row, but then better. And this is what excites me: is Front Row in Leopard going to be like this? I sure hope so, and I think it actually might because Apple announced a major Front Row update at WWDC2006.
2. The guys from TWiT noted that Podcasts are in the main menu on the Apple TV. In other words this means that videopodcasters can now literally compete with mainstream TV. I think we will be seeing new HD vodcasts that are encoded with the special Apple TV Quicktime export soon.